Posted on 02/09/2007 8:00:27 AM PST by Millee
He's baaack! Sen. Ken Gordon is at it again. After failing to undermine the Electoral College in the last session of the state legislature, he's hoping to have better luck this year with a Democratic majority in both houses and a Democrat as governor. Senate Bill 46 would include Colorado in a compact of other states that pledge to cast all their electoral votes for whichever presidential candidate gets the most popular votes, nationally, regardless of who gets the most votes in our state.
In other words, Coloradans would sacrifice their own choice for president to a scheme designed to kill the Electoral College. For example, let's say a majority of Coloradans vote for John McCain in 2008, with Hillary Clinton finishing a distant second. Hillary goes on to lose, as well, in a total of 35 states, winning in only 15 Democrat "blue" states like California, New York and Illinois. But because she racks up big numbers in those more populous states, Coloradans would be forced to give her all nine of our electoral votes, with none going to the Colorado winner, McCain. Hence, New Yorkers and Californians dictate how Coloradans vote and a candidate lacking in broad national appeal wins the presidency. This is preposterous.
The supporters of this goofy idea are overwhelmingly liberal Democrats. Their first goal, obviously, is to win the presidency for their party. They believe this will be easier if they can circumvent the Electoral College, which leverages the voice of less populous states, like Colorado, that have tended to vote Republican in recent years. SB 46 contrives to tip the scales in favor of northeastern states and California with large Democratic majorities in heavily populated cities.
Additionally, liberal populists like Gordon have an ideological bias against the Electoral College, preferring a national popular
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Can you spell I-M-P-E-A-C-H-M-E-N-T?
So you are gonna base your state's vote on nationwide elections which you have no control over. If the vote is close, how do you do get other states to do a recount? This bill would make it impossible for someone to contest the results. Very dumb idea, but what do you expect.
If they're so worried about it, they can proportion their electoral votes in the same way that Nebraska and Maine do.
They've tried that too. That was on the CO ballot in the 2004 election, IIRC. Voters rejected it by a rather large margin. So, since they can't fool enough voters to get it passed, they've gone back to the "have the legislature do it" idea.
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